Category Archives: Fake Charity

“… Once upon a time, the Ancient Guild of Hemp Weavers decided that fellow members who fell on hard times could come to the very industry they were part of and could expect some charity, whether it be an alms house, help with food and lodging, education for the children or loans to get back on your feet. Hundreds of thousands of similar charities existed to make sure that decent people had a safety net or could be rescued at sea by people willing to risk their lives for no other pleasure than for saving the lives of their fellow man.

That was then, this is now. The State got involved and monopolised “charity”.

… the money to support the favoured causes of Politicians was now being extracted at source – your wallet. … The State would do it FOR you – to further whatever their agenda might be – and you got the bill.

.. You’d be amazed at how many “charities” the Government chose to patronise with your money because it suited their political agenda. … It’s called the “Third Estate” and is the way a Government can assign a large lump of your cash to somebody, anybody it likes but doesn’t have to run it or be accountable for it. You can’t vote for the board of the charity, or demand how the money is spent, as you could if was a critical public service, it is simply “assigned” and vanishes into the ether.

… Money taken from you and me, by force, leaving us less to give to the charities WE support. …

Charity begins at home. When we decide who we choose to support, instead of a couple of hundred elite Politicians, wined and dined by Lobbyists, we will once again begin to understand that it’s our money, not theirs, to give away as we see fit. You can find a full list of “fake” charities (external Govt departments, funded by YOU) at the very excellent Fake Charities website.

Now get back to work, to pay the taxes to pay Stonewall to tell you on the Tube that you’re a bigot (£350K donation given by Lord Peter Mandelson’s department or er…. Enterprise). Dig deep, suckers, it’s all in the cause of the Government. “

At least £1m a year will be taken from prisoners’ wages and used to help crime victims, under legislation coming into force today.

About 500 offenders who work outside prisons in community schemes will see their take-home pay cut by 40 per cent, as part of the “rehabilitation revolution” promised by Kenneth Clarke, the Justice Secretary.

There are also plans to take cash from prisoners who work behind bars, although they receive just £10 a week on average.

Under the Prisoners’ Earnings Act, 40 per cent of prisoners’ wages – after tax, national insurance and any court-ordered or child support payments – will be given to Victim Support. Javed Khan, the charity’s chief executive, said the money will be used “to deliver real, practical support for victims and communities”.

Policing minister Nick Herbert said: “Making offenders pay financial reparation to victims will require them to take personal responsibility for their crimes.

I scarcely know where to start with this bollocks, but here’s some random thoughts:

“Victim Support” is a fake charity, largely supported by state extortion. If you look at their accounts:

Income from the Ministry of Justice was £38.6m for the year. Income from other statutory bodies, including local authorities and criminal justice agencies, was £10M.

They spend a bloody large percentage of their income on salaries:

Total expenses for the year were £49.6m (£48.6m in 2008/09) of which £35.1m relates to staff salaries (£32.9m in 2008/09).

So, it sounds like Victim Support is nothing more than a lobbying organisation, funded by the state to lobby the state … evidently for more funding!

It certainly doesn’t sound like there’s a massive amount of money left for, you know, supporting victims in any kind of financial way.

Another thing to bear in mind is that the tiny handful of prisoners who are allowed to work outside of prison, often have to fund a lot of their living expenses. They are rarely paid much more than the minimum wage. So there is now a massive incentive for the handful of prisoners that everyone agrees are a safe bet to reintroduce into society, to say “fuck you, I’ll just sit here and rot some more.”

A million pounds is pretty much chump change, even to Victim Support, as it will barely fund another dozen over-paid earnest, executive staff. Who all have hearts of gold.

Dickhead Herbert is also being pretty fucking disingenuous about this crap, because 90% of prisoners will not qualify for paid work, so only the tiniest proportion of prisoners, who are by definition the ones who have done the least damage to society or have the best chance of fitting back in, are bearing the brunt of this petty spitefulness.

All in all, a triumph for the unthinking, the mean-spirited and the average Daily Mail reader. Oh, and a handy little burnish for the tough Tory brigade.